The Incorrigible Mr. Lumley (34 page)

Renegade Wolf

When Stephanie shifts into wolf form for the
first time on live TV, she flees to the one man who can protect her
from were-hunters, Micah Salway. As attracted as she'd been to him
four years ago when they'd met, she'd run scared at the changes he
awakened in her after just one kiss. Was it possible he'd turned
her into a werewolf?

Micah can hide Stephanie in the caves known
as Devil's Promenade, but the dangers there are worse than facing
down the hunter. His choices are few when faced with keeping
Stephanie alive: fight the hunter alone or kiss the asses of his
former pack-mates and ask for help. His wolf had claimed her the
night they met. There was no way he would lose her again.

A Bride for Christmas

When Nash Sinclair sees Lady Juliana holding
their newborn nephew in her arms, he decides it is time he took a
wife. Juliana, however, insists only a man who slays dragons would
suit, and since dragons don't exist, neither does her ideal beau.
Not one to turn away from a challenge, Nash enlists the aid of his
nieces and nephews in a scheme sure to win Lady Juliana's
heart.

The Mistletoe Mishap

When Robert Wilmot, Viscount Alderton,
catches his intended betrothed, Lady Caroline Stone, under the
mistletoe, he can't resist stealing a kiss. He's quite surprised to
discover her cousin, Isabella Stone, in his arms. And more
surprised at how much he enjoyed kissing her. Now he must decide if
marriage to Lady Caroline is truly what he wants, or if he should
go against their families' wishes and pursue Isabella.

The Viscounts Sweet Temptation
(In A
Summons from Yorkshire anthology)

Lady Harriet Thornhill knows the summons
from her grandfather means he's decided whom she must marry.
Determined that she'd only marry a man of her choosing, she stows
away in her friend's father's carriage, only to find herself alone
with young Archibald Napier,Viscount Morley.

Morley's plans for a quiet Christmas vanish
when he discovers the sweet young lady hiding under the blankets in
his carriage. As she claims an acquaintance with his sister, he
feels duty-bound to see her safely back to her family.

A broken carriage wheel leaves them
stranded, and Harriet's reputation is at stake. Morley's not ready
to take a wife, until he's told he wouldn't be a suitable husband
for her. With memories of her sweet, tempting kiss filling his
thoughts, he prepares to fight for the hand of the woman he
believes he could love.

The Lives of Jon McCracken
(print and
ebook)

Reincarnation. A guardian angel on steroids.
A woman who claims to be writing about his lives.

The minute he meets Gabi Peters, Jon
McCracken seriously questions his decision to move to California.
This isn't the change he was looking for; this is an E-ticket ride
through Fantasyland. Gabi would be a hot catch if she weren't
crazy. But she spends her free time recapturing memories of a young
woman who died decades before Gabi was born. She visits her past
lives like most women read a favorite romance novel. How does a guy
compete with the ghost of a small-town war hero who died for his
country?

When his oversoul-the guardian angel on
steroids-shows him the changes he has to make in his past lives in
order to clear the karma affecting this one, he's forced to ask
Gabi for help. Together they dig through a series of lives looking
for answers, and for a chance at happily ever after.

A Grand Beginning
(In Love
Everlasting anthology)

A piano brings together two people with a
common interest in old tunes. Widowed Mary Margaret is content on
her own until she begins singing along with new neighbor Ed. Is it
ever too late to start something new?

Passings in the Night
(In Love
Everlasting anthology)

A random meeting with a secret childhood
crush brings startling revelations and the possibility of a new
romance. Chrissy never expected her hard-earned self esteem to be
challenged by still-hunky Jake, who asks her out.

His Impassioned Proposal

Stephen Lumley returns from battle wounded
and jaded, only to find his home life had been changed forever.
Drowning his sorrows in liquor, he mistakenly blurts out his
impassioned proposal to his sweetheart, Jane.

Lady Jane Marwick fears she has wasted her
love on the wrong man, and allows her mother to convince her to
plan another London Season to find a husband. The only certainty in
Stephen’s life is his need for Jane’s love. Now Stephen only has a
few months to convince himself and Jane he is worthy of her, before
she’s off to London to find a man who is.

Cat’s Rule
(In the anthology Wild at
Heart Volume II)

Wren is still reeling from the chaos that
landed her in a foster home, when she finds a wild lynx caught in a
trap. The only person she feels she can ask for help is Mike, star
quarterback and local heartthrob. With his gentle assistance, she
not only saves the cat but takes the first steps in her own
healing.

(All proceeds from the sale of this
anthology are donated to the
Turpentine Creek
Wildlife Refuge
)

Outcast
(Apocalyptia Book One)

When the world collapses, the only person
who comes looking for Niki Mathers is the loser who made fun of her
in high school. JC Phillips saves her life, so she can’t really
tell him to get lost. And he is keeping her from being alone at the
end of the world…

JC will never forgive himself for choices he
made the night before the earthquake. Rescuing the girl he’s been
crushing on for the past year doesn’t bring atonement. Maybe making
the world safe for Niki will take away his guilt.

The world they know is dying. All they want
is to find their place in it before it does.

A Christmas Courtship

An anthology of Regency Christmas novellas:
The Viscount’s Sweet Temptation, A Bride for Christmas, and The
Mistletoe Mishap.

The Incorrigible Mr. Lumley

Stubborn. Hard-headed. Single-minded.
The qualities that make David Lumley a successful horse breeder are
put to work befriending Lady Joanna Hurst with less than noble
intentions. He’s tenacious in his pursuit of the answers he
seeks.

Lady Joanna falls fast and hard for the
handsome, witty and charming Mr. Lumley after her brother’s
ultimatum to find a husband by the end of the Season. He is
everything she imagined a husband could be, and more. Blissfully
unaware of the conflict between their fathers, she believes he’ll
declare his love soon. Then she overhears a conversation between
Mr. Lumley and her brother, and all of Mr. Lumley’s tenacity will
be needed if he’s to win back her heart.

A Pretense of Love

Blush sensuality level This is a sweet
romance (kisses only, no sexual content).

Twenty-two-year-old Jean’s best chance of
finding a husband is behind her. When her brother’s friend offers
to pay for a Season in London in exchange for pretending to be his
betrothed, she sees it as a miracle.

Ben needed a fiancée to convince his dying
grandfather that he has settled down and is capable of inheriting
and running his business and estate. But he didn’t consider how
spending six weeks with Jane would make her necessary to his
happiness. Now she’s in London and he’s in agony. A gentleman never
reneges on an agreement…unless his heart is broken.

A Blush® Regency romance from Ellora’s
Cave

Chasing Lord Mystery
(In A
Gentlemen’s Pact Book 2)

Lord Northcotte is not in the holiday spirit
when he joins his sister’s family shortly after the brutal death of
a friend. Discovering a matchmaking scheme is afoot, he tells them
he will never marry Lady Miriam or any other woman. Now if only his
heart would listen.

Lady Miriam’s mother accused her of chasing
Lord Mystery after a noble act by a handsome gentleman six years
ago became the measure of all other men. Now he’s staying at the
home where she’d hoped to escape a summons from her grandfather,
the Duke of Danby. Terrified Northcotte will recognize her and
reveal the contents of the scandalous letter she wrote him years
ago, she can’t decide which is the bigger threat: the duke armed
with a special license, or Lord Mystery, who carries a secret she’d
never live down.

Helena’s Christmas Beau

Blush sensuality level: This is a sweet
romance (kisses only, no sexual content).

Facing her second Christmas since the loss
of her fiancé, Helena relies on her favorite traditions to bring
back the joy of the season. Yet from stir-up day to bringing in the
greenery on Christmas Eve, her cousin’s brother-in-law Duncan is
underfoot, questioning her every action.

As Duncan plays along with the outdated
rites, he realizes how much he’s missed Helena’s laughter. When he
hears she plans to re-enter the Marriage Mart next spring, he is
struck with jealousy. Is he falling in love, or simply under the
spell of the holiday season?

A Blush®
Regency romance
from Ellora’s Cave

Charlotte (In The Heart of a Duke
anthology)

Lady Charlotte is the last of her friends to
come into possession of the heart-shaped pendant a gypsy insists
will lead to the heart of a duke. Since none of the other girls
married a duke, Charlotte is highly suspicious of its authenticity.
But the Duke of Langley has yet to choose his bride, and she has
longed for him since first sight, when he was still engaged to her
dear friend, Lady Eleanor.

Langley is beyond frustrated with his
inability to secure a bride by the time he’d planned to celebrate
his betrothal. When he suggests to Lady Charlotte they should
marry, he’s put off by her refusal while intrigued by her challenge
to prove himself “worthy” of her hand. But winning the little minx
forces him to look inside himself and he’s not too pleased with the
man he sees. Can a gypsy’s locket help him find his heart, and true
love?